Tuesday, January 25, 2011

It really isn't a secret that I love running intervals. I have been restraining myself from doing these kind of workouts because I have heard increasing speed and distance at the same time is not a good idea.

Well its been over 7 weeks since I made my comeback to running after being sidelined with knee pain and this morning I thought I was ready to take things up a notch.

The workout:

Warm up
2x {800m, 400m, 200m, 200m} with 200m recovery, 400m between sets
Cool down
Total miles = 5.25

I wasn't sure how this workout was going to go - I really haven't tested my speed out in a while so I didn't know how much I had lost since the fall. With the treadmill it is so hard to tell paces for intervals less than a mile plus doing math while running really is not my strong suit.

This workout went really well. I felt like I was pushing the pace but not going to fall off the treadmill because it was going too fast and I couldn't keep up. I think this is a great bench mark to see what I am at and where I can improve.

In the past, I have enjoyed intervals from time to time, but I think did them too often in a short period of time that they really bothered my knees. So, I kind of backed off. But ,I would like to get back into doing intervals once every other week or so!